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lactean en · ADJ

Etymology

See lacteal.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, poetic) milky
    • this lactean whiteness 1665, Joseph Moxon, A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie:
  2. (obsolete) lacteal; conveying chyle
    • lactean veins
    • lactean vessels

Forms

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more lactean Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most lactean Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

lacteous · lacteous (conveying chyle) · lactescent